MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
digital education technology are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online education organizations
have to consider
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Case Western Reserve University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
necessity
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
intriguing new open educational
undertakings.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Corporations want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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